Monday, December 17, 2018

Three days ago, a letter of great importance about Mrs May’s
faux-Brexit deal was sent to MPs. The importance lay not just in what it said
but who was saying it.

The authors were the former head of MI6, Sir Richard
Dearlove, and the officer who commanded the British forces in the Falklands
War, Major-General Julian Thompson.

Both men are committed to Britain leaving the EU. Both are
horrified by the way the Prime Minister is betraying not just the 2016
referendum vote but the interests of the United Kingdom.

Neither man can be said to be extremist, xenophobic or
stupid, the characteristics that so many Remainers attribute to those
who voted to leave the EU. Both men are instead conspicuous British patriots
who have devoted their lives, formidable intelligence and unmatched experience
to the defence of their country.

Fewer than 3 percent of tenants find their homes cold and damp, the World Health Organisation did not recommend a healthy temperature, and client-friendly research helped understate the costs of heating and insulation proposals for rental property, according to a discussion document released today.

Iconoclastic economist Ian Harrison of Tailrisk Economics has taken aim at the cherished beliefs of Housing Minister Phil Twyford in a discussion document titled The proposed Healthy Homes Regulations: An Assessment.

Twyford is finalising a series of standards for New Zealand’s 588,700 rental properties on heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture and draught-proofing under the so-called Healthy Homes Guarantee Act that was passed last December.

Sunday, December 16, 2018

There was
something strangely familiar about the spectacle of the LGBTQ+ movement chewing
itself up over the Auckland Pride Parade.

It was vaguely
reminiscent of the destructive paroxysms that convulsed New Zealand’s communist
Left throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s as rival factions competed to show who
was most faithful to Marxist-Leninist ideology.

The feuding began
when Moscow and Beijing fell out and New Zealand communists split into Soviet
and Maoist camps. The plotting and infighting was so vicious and all-consuming
that no one had any energy left to fight the supposed common enemy, capitalism.

Comments on Every 4 minutes: A discussion paper on
preventing family violence in New Zealand by Ian Lambie (Office of the
Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, 6 Nov 2018)...

This report claims that Maori experienced little violence
before colonisation, but are now highly exposed to violence and should be given
culturally appropriate solutions.

It has
been widely reported, as in a Herald article, New Zealand lacks comprehensive strategy to counter family violence – new
report:

“Colonisation had had a traumatic affect on Maori, and
culturally-appropriate solutions – informed by science – were needed for Maori
and Pacific communities. Despite the
well-reported relative absence of whanau violence before colonisation, Maori
are now highly exposed to it. The trauma
of colonisation has had an inter-generational effect on Maori, who experience
disproportionate rates of family violence, combined with other negative social
effects of racism, discrimination and dislocation, alongside strengths and
resilience factors that endure.”

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Dear NZCPR Reader,

This week we raise concerns about the impact of global warming propaganda and the dangerous consequences of the truth being suppressed, our NZCPR Guest Commentator Professor Michael Kelly shares his experience of being censored and warns New Zealand against emulating the disastrous climate policies implemented in the UK, and our poll asks whether you think the UN climate models are accurate.

The UN Compact on Migration hasn’t raised
the amount of discussion it warrants and this is a major concern as it contains
some quite unacceptable requirements to which we must simply not agree.
Admittedly, there it contains some good ideas, including sharing information
between nations, although I believe all decent countries already do this.

A number of countries have already refused
to sign, but they have been labelled as right-wing by the Compact's proponents,
which is quite unfair in my opinion.

Why am I concerned that we must not sign
it? Haven’t we have been assured by Mr Winston Peters that the previous
National Government started the process (not true, they did not determine the
content of the Compact as implied by Peters during Question Time in the House),
and that there is nothing to see here, so move on and trust us.

Monday, December 10, 2018

In the push for
strong action at this year's United Nations climate change conference in Katowice,
Poland, a common refrain is that rising carbon dioxide levels (CO2) will
supposedly result in global warming that will increase the incidence of
disastrous wildfires.“The longer we wait, the more our communities will suffer under bigger wildfires...,” wrote Lou Leonard of the World Wildlife Fund on December 4.

This is totally
wrong, but then World Wildlife Fund got their recent claims of animal
populations wrong as well.

Rising
temperatures and increasing CO2 both act to increase soil moisture and so
reduce the potential of fires. When temperatures rise, evaporation increases,
causing more precipitation which increases soil moisture and so lessens fire
risk. As CO2 rises, stomata, the pores in plant’s leaves, are open for shorter
lengths of time. Plants therefore lose less water to the air and so more of it
stays in the soil, again reducing fire potential.

Sunday, December 9, 2018

"No
extra new taxes until after the 2020 election." That
was the promise made in September 2017 by the then newly appointed leader of
the opposition.

This
week the Labour led government introduced an omnibus Bill to Parliament that
when passed into legislation will, among other things, collect GST on low value
imported goods and will ring-fence tax losses on rental property.

The GST change will apply to
imported goods valued under $1,000. The target is online shoppers who to date
have not paid GST on their overseas purchases. They will now find those
purchases cost 15% more as from 1 October next year.

Saturday, December 8, 2018

It is now clear that the staunch and sturdy British people, those true heirs to Britain’s ancient culture of determined independence and robust common-sense, are lions led by devious and feeble donkeys.

Mrs May’s faux-Brexit deal is so bad it has united against it both Brexiteer and Remainer MPs. The likely revolt is so large that the Prime Minister is being urged to postpone next week’s Commons “meaningful” vote for fear that the scale of the defeat may bring the government down.

French President Emmanuel Macron pursues his global warming agenda at his own political peril.

Diesel moves France. Whereas in the United States diesel is increasingly a rarity used mainly to fuel heavy trucks, drivers in France and much of Europe have diesel cars. In past generations, diesel was believed to be more environmentally friendly. Today, it turns out that is not the case. Diesel is actually far worse for the environment than traditional gasoline.

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Dear NZCPR Reader,

This week we we look into the growth of Maori Privilege and urge readers who haven’t already done so to send in a submission on the Bill to entrench the Maori seats, our NZCPR Guest Commentator Dr Michael Gousmett explains why taxpayer subsidies to billion dollar iwi corporations is so misguided, and our poll asks whether you believe Maori corporations should receive preferential tax treatment.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

If the Government manages to push through the
recommendations of the Tax Working Group (TWG), the 450,000 or so small
business owners in this country will be hit with massive compliance costs.

Small business, meaning all sole traders and including
businesses with up to 20 employees, are the back bone of the New Zealand
economy.

Their contribution to our economy is enormous. Together
small businesses employ roughly 30 per cent of our entire work force and
contribute roughly $65 billion to New Zealand's annual gross domestic
product.

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

I grew up on a farm just outside the small Central Hawkes
Bay town of Waipawa.

My forebears had owned sizeable tracts of farming land
that had been hacked out of the bush and scrub under the Ruahine Ranges.

I am very proud to be a descendant of such pioneering
folk who understood what it means to build a business from nothing and see it
grow into something that makes a reasonable contribution to the local economy.
They also built the first trading general store in CHB. The building still
stands.

It is perhaps ironic that much of the farm land in
question was in the near vicinity of the catchment area for the now defunct
Ruataniwha Fresh Water Dam proposal.

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